Mariners sail home after rough road voyage

After a long trip to Sea there is nothing quite like the site of the Space Needle upon entering Elliot bay for any Mariner like myself who calls Seattle his Home Port. And while the conditions our baseball team, the Seattle Mariners endured while on this last road trip were nothing compared to spending 75 days crammed on a Tugboat with 6 or 7 guys, the last leg of this trip was indeed a bit rough for our Sailors. So returning home to the safe harbor of Safeco Field on Friday for the Home Opener comes not a moment to soon as we need to re-group and get this season back on course against Cleveland before we drift any further into the AL West cellar.

The Texas Rangers who are now 6-0 in this young season, completed the sweep of the Mariners who fall to 2-4 on the year with today’s 7-3 win. This last thrashing by the Arlington nine came at a heavy cost for us as both Adam Moore and Jack Wilson sustained injuries that could not come at a worse time for a club trying to find it’s bearings under the new skipper Erick Wedge. Felix Hernandez did everything in his power to keep this one close holding the mighty Texans to three runs before surrendering the ball to our shaky bullpen crew who could not contain the Texas offense. On the bright side it should be noted that Texas swept the Boston Red Sox to open the year and they are certainly a better club than our motley crew.

However I am not ready to jump ship, though I am getting a bit more cynical about the position swapping of veteran infielders that Jack Zduriencik has tried to will in to existence for the second year in a row. This year moving Jack Wilson out of his regular position to accommodate some unknown formula that Jack Z. has concocted in his bald head. Of course it is early and I know to second-guess the great Jack Z. goes against the holy-grail that the local media and big name bloggers subscribe to, but I have a day job and have nothing to lose by saying my truth here at Jeff’s Mariners Fan Blog.